Leaving the admiralty lodge in the morning  (psst I accidentally put a towel in my case) We headed for Hahei Beach for Coffee. Day Looks gorgeous. Not a cloud in the sky. And from there we hit the hot water springs. I decided not to remove my shoes as it took me days to get all the sand out of my shoes lol. But the rest of the team all dug up the sand and yes the water was hot.

Rons found a new friend. Its obviously A beach day as another beach arrives and we walk along the stretch to meet the bus. From there lunch is in the mining town of Waihi. A ham Roll and a pint is enough for me as its verryy hot. The Cornish Pump house is a relic of the original mine in Waihi – the richest gold mine in New Zealand. there’s a big enough hole for sure.

Onto Rotorua, and another meeting with the Maori. We picked our chief sang our song and rubbed brows and noses with the tribe representative Shiloe but it was all so calming. All problems disappeared as we ate prawns and corn which he cooked in a hot sulpur pool in the ground and became a member of the tribe. His house is now my house. Thats handy.

On the trip I have found those Maori that stick to their believes to be so so……well different, confident, calm and totally in control of what they know. They openly admit that not many stick to those believes and yet there family, tribe, history mean so much. Shiloe can trace his family history back 800 years with no paper trail but I will certainly be looking up mine when I get home. I have learnt a lot about life here.

Kia ora